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rcentros · 12-07-2018, 08:52 PM

The Tolino Shine "1.5" has arrived and I'm happy to report it does use an E-Carta screen. So now I basically have a Kobo Aura (or Kindle Paperwhite 2) quality screen on a Tolino reader. Still not sure if I like the front-light, but now I'll be able to give it a good test and compare it to the Tolino Page (without front-light).

The Shine "feels" a little heavier than the Page with its "rubberized" plastic. It looks like the newest software I can put on it is 10.1.0 (not sure why it has that restriction – maybe it has something to do with its CPU?). I'm still not as comfortable with a front-light as with an external light, but the letters aren't "floating," so that's a step in the right direction.

At any rate, I'll compare the two, maybe write a mini-review (of an old reader).

EDIT: I see the Shine has an 800 Mhz CPU compared to the Page's 1,000 Mhz CPU, plus the Page has 512Meg RAM vs. 256Meg for the Shine. So that would explain the speed difference. (Probably also explains why the Shine is stuck at 10.1.0 firmware.)

12-07-2018, 08:52 PM	#2
rcentros eReader Wrangler Posts: 7,894 Karma: 52566355 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Boise, ID Device: PB HD3, GL3, Voyage, Clara HD	The Tolino Shine "1.5" has arrived and I'm happy to report it does use an E-Carta screen. So now I basically have a Kobo Aura (or Kindle Paperwhite 2) quality screen on a Tolino reader. Still not sure if I like the front-light, but now I'll be able to give it a good test and compare it to the Tolino Page (without front-light). The Shine "feels" a little heavier than the Page with its "rubberized" plastic. It looks like the newest software I can put on it is 10.1.0 (not sure why it has that restriction – maybe it has something to do with its CPU?). I'm still not as comfortable with a front-light as with an external light, but the letters aren't "floating," so that's a step in the right direction. At any rate, I'll compare the two, maybe write a mini-review (of an old reader). EDIT: I see the Shine has an 800 Mhz CPU compared to the Page's 1,000 Mhz CPU, plus the Page has 512Meg RAM vs. 256Meg for the Shine. So that would explain the speed difference. (Probably also explains why the Shine is stuck at 10.1.0 firmware.) Last edited by rcentros; 12-07-2018 at 10:39 PM.